ALM UNDP

Summary:

Full Workshop Proceedings

A workshop was organized on “Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: From Practice to Policy” under the aegis of the BASIC project (Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacity on Climate Change), funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General Environment. The project aimed to bring together the national and international scientists and policy makers in Brazil, South Africa, India and China to undertake analytical work to determine the kind of climate change actions best fit within their national circumstances, interests and priorities through a multi-level network. The project aimed to draw lessons from the implementation experiences, both in terms of insights gained from institutional processes as well as implementation of specific climate policies for providing opportunities for mutual learning amongst a wider group of developing countries. The project provides an important starting point for shaping future climate policy, domestically and internationally. The India workshop aimed to provide a timely opportunity to understand the scientific and social issues governing the adaptation process both at the global and national level by bringing together national and international experts, policy makers and concerned stakeholders.

Structure and Flow of the Workshop

The workshop was organized to address five major thematic strands in the emerging global debate over adaptation:

1. Adaptation: Emerging Science, Financing and Policy Issues
2. Vulnerability & Adaptation: Methods, Technologies & Tools
3. Sectoral and Thematic Perspective on Vulnerability & Adaptation
4. Indian and Global Adaptation Experiences: Practices to Policy
5. Panel Discussion on Mainstreaming Adaptation in Planning